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20 Cards in this Set
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affection
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n. liking or attachment for a person or thing
fondness, devotion |
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anticipate
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v. give advance thoght or treatment to
expect, foresee |
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coerce
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v. force withour regard for ones wishes
compel, constrain |
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dismal
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adj. showing or causing gloom or misery
dreary, cheerlesss |
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dominant
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adj. conspicuously prominent,
commandaing, preeminent, outstanding |
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effect
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n. something traceable to a cause
result, consequence, outcome |
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intent
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n. state of mind with which something is done
purpose, design, aim |
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jeopardize
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v. put into jeopardy(danager)
endanger. imperial, compromise |
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laborious
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v. involving much hard work,
arduous, diffcult, strenous |
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copious
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adj. large in quanitiy or number
abundant. plentiful, ample |
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opinionated
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adj. holding unresonablely to ones own opinions or to preconscieved notions
prejudiced, biased, stubborn |
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option
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n. power or right of choosing something that may be or is chosen
choice, selection |
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outlandish
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adj. very odd, strange
peculiar, bizarre |
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pact
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n. agreement between persons or nations
compact, covenant, treaty |
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prompt
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n. cause someone to do something
incite, spur, induce |
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refute
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v. prove to be erroneous
contradict, disprove, rebut |
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repast
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n. food and drink
meal, dinner, feast |
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tactful
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adj. having a keen sense of what to say or do to maintain good will and avoid giving offense
ardoit, clever, diplomatic |
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vain
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adj. of no avail
useless, futile. unproductive |
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vivid
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adj. presentin the apperance of life
lively, colorful. graphic |
